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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Amir attribute his antipathy to Islam?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Philosophical reasoning.
(c) Visceral disgust.
(d) Self-loathing.

2. How did Amir’s mother drive home her point about Rivkah to Amir?
(a) She locked him out of the house.
(b) She broke his pinky finger.
(c) She spat in his face.
(d) She had his uncle take him away for a few days.

3. What does Amir say his mother said about white women?
(a) That they don’t know their own minds.
(b) That they are not good wives.
(c) That they have no respect.
(d) That they are all insecure.

4. Why does Abe say that Amir is lucky in his name?
(a) Because it could be Christian or Jewish.
(b) Because it is not an uncommon western name.
(c) Because it sounds like emir, which means leader.
(d) Because it is not also a dictator’s name.

5. In Scene One, what position is Paolo in?
(a) Adviser.
(b) Contractor.
(c) Seller.
(d) Buyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Akhtar characterize Amir’s English?

2. How does Emily characterize Amir’s position on the imam?

3. What does the painting over the mantel piece represent?

4. What was it about the incident with the waiter that made Emily think of the Velázquez painting?

5. Where did Amir start his law career?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily mean when she invokes Goldman Sachs in the discussion about the imam?

2. How has Amir’s religious career developed over the course of his life, according to Abe?

3. What do we learn about Emily when Amir tells her that she should have her black Spanish boyfriend sit for her?

4. How does “submission” factor into Islamic art, according to Emily in her discussion with Isaac?

5. How does Scene Two build on the resolution of Scene One, where Amir said that he would think about speaking for Imam Fareed?

6. What is the archetype for Amir Kapoor’s character?

7. What is the importance of the statue of Siva on the mantelpiece?

8. What do we learn about Amir and Emily’s relationship when Emily tells Amir that she happens to know he “likes it a little fucked up,” meaning that there is something odd about painting him after a painting of a slave (9)?

9. What is Amir’s relationship with Mort like?

10. What is the juxtaposition we se, in the phone calls Amir takes, back-to-back, while Emily is painting him?

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